#Gary glitter royalties movie
Maybe the director will discuss the situation now that the movie is out in theaters and people have taken notice. GG Allin was and is a controversial figure and one can easily see his punk rock influence all over "Joker." But, is the use of Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2" just a childish trolling on the part of Todd Phillips? The director has yet to speak out about the song choice and there are more than a few questions surrounding it. At this point it's hard not to think of Phillips' directorial debut, which is a documentary on the life of notorious punk rock musician GG Allin, who took everything to extremes and made it his life goal to kill himself on stage (he later died of a heroin overdose after a show). It seems that Todd Phillips was fully aware of this when making the movie and used it to his advantage to spark outrage within the movie and in the real-world. One critic calls the song choice the "most morally questionable" aspect of the movie as a whole.
Most critics of "Joker" are angry over the fact that a convicted pedophile will receive money from the successful movie. Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Gary Glitter, real name Paul Francis Gadd, pictured in 1984. It was used heavily in the NHL and NFL in North America, but it was later phased out completely. It's at this point that "Rock and Roll Part 2" was taken out of sports events from around the world. In 2015, Glitter was found guilty of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and one count of having sex with a girl under the age of 13. Gary Glitter was arrested in the late 1990s for downloading child pornography. Read more: Some people fled a crowded New York movie theater after a 'belligerent' man began cheering and applauding on-screen murders during 'Joker' In addition, the movie uses child abuse as a plot device, making the song choice even more questionable. The main point of contention is that it is believed Gary Glitter, aka Paul Gadd, will receive a lump sum of royalties from the hit movie using a decent portion of his song. A number of songs could have been used in this portion of "Joker" and this choice almost seems to be a direct troll from director Todd Phillips, who had to have known it would cause some controversy.
"Rock and Roll Part 2" is mostly instrumental and is used as Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck dances down some stairs after his transformation. However, that all changed once Glitter's legal problems became public news. The song, which was written in and recorded in 1972, was written by Glitter and producer Mike Leander and was used at sporting events all over the world for nearly 30 years. "Rock and Roll Part 2" is shown during a pivotal scene in the movie where Arthur Fleck makes his transformation into the Clown Prince of Crime. Todd Phillips's choice to use convicted pedophile Gary Glitter's music in "Joker" has caused further backlash.
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